RECOM Power added to CELUS electronics design platform
RECOM Power and CELUS have partnered to bring a collection of RECOM power designs to the CELUS Design Platform, enabling engineers to evaluate power solutions as part of the early stages of electronic system design.
The designs are available as reusable, application-ready modules within the platform. Engineers can assess power options against their system requirements, check compatibility with other subsystems and move more efficiently from high-level product specifications to reference schematics and bills of materials (BOMs).
Power supply requirements influence almost every aspect of an electronic design. Input voltage range, output voltage, isolation and efficiency can constrain downstream component choices, yet power architecture is often finalised after processors, sensors and interfaces have already been selected. Identifying a mismatch late in development can lead to redesigns, additional board revisions or compromises in product performance.
By making RECOM power designs available within the CELUS Design Platform, the partnership aims to bring power selection into the system architecture stage, when decisions can have a greater impact on development time, cost and design risk.
The RECOM designs are represented as CUBOs, CELUS’s reusable circuit modules, also described as Digital Datasheets. Each CUBO combines technical specifications with application-focused information, including interfaces, schematic context, BOM details and implementation guidance.
The content draws on RECOM datasheets, application notes and reference designs, giving engineers a broader view of how a power solution could fit into a complete electronic system. This can make it easier to assess options in their intended application context, rather than relying solely on comparisons between individual datasheets.
The partnership also coincides with the introduction of Power Nets, a CELUS Design Platform capability that allows engineers to define power supply nets by voltage and direction. The platform’s Design Assistant then proposes solutions whose power specifications match the defined requirements.
RECOM CUBOs can be incorporated into this workflow, helping engineers assess converters and power modules against the supply rails they need to support.
Once the design has been developed within the platform, engineers can continue working in their preferred electronic design automation (EDA) environment through integrations with Altium Designer, KiCad, Siemens EDA and Autodesk Fusion.
The collaboration brings RECOM’s power designs to a platform used by more than 30,000 engineers across over 100 countries, with a component library containing more than 560,000 components, according to CELUS.
For RECOM, the integration provides another way to present its power solutions within real-world design workflows. Engineers can discover and evaluate RECOM products in the same environment where they make system architecture and component selection decisions.
